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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2348069167978 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: benjamin chambers <chambers_ben00@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 03:49:40 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE


hello you are the only person that is yet to claim your winnings.
call me on +234-80-69167978,urgent.
Ben.

Wally Trauhagen <trauhagenwally70@mozartmail.info> wrote:

Hello,

I would wish to believe your mail but how did you locate my mail details? Are your funds true? If they are not true, then please do not contact me any more.

Please understand that I desire not for any farce to be piled on me, so if it is not a joke then give me some pertinent documentary proofs.

My home situation is just recently looking generally more promising and I wish the same for you.

Wally

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